Actinopolyspora iraqiensis sp. nov., a New Halophilic Actinomycete Isolated from Soil
RUAN, JI-SHENG and AL-TAI, AMIRA MAHMOUD and ZHOU, ZHI-HONG and QU, LIANG-HU,, 44, 759-763 (1994),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-4-759,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= Halophilic actinomycete strains, IQ-H1T (T = type strain) and IQ-H2, were isolated from extremely saline soil samples in Iraq. Besides morphological properties, strains IQ-H1T and IQ-H2 have a type IV cell wall, type PIII phospholipid, and menaquinone MK-9 (H4, H6), which are characteristic of Actinopolyspora spp. In addition, both strains required high concentrations of sodium chloride (10 to 15% [wt/vol] and 15 to 25% [wt/vol] NaCl, respectively), for optimal growth. However, strains IQ-H1T and IQ-H2 differed from other previously described species of the genus Actinopolyspora in cultural, morphological, and physiological characteristics. In addition, the size of the internal transcribed spacer in the rDNA (gene encoding rRNA) of IQ-H1T was different from those of known published species, while the size of the internal transcribed spacer of IQ-H2 was similar to that of Actinopolyspora halophila JCM 3278T. Thus, we propose strain IQ-H1T as a new species and name it Actinopolyspora iraqiensis sp. nov. Strain IQ-H1T has been deposited in the culture collection of the Institute of Microbiology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, the People's Republic of China (strain A.S. 4.1193).,
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